Hi everyone Long ago: I was thinking from what I've read here and there ... it used to be that lacemakers didn't make their own prickings. Someone else did do it for them on parchment ( and didn't they use a tray full of lead for the work surface?).
Forward to the present day: I am puzzled if one is using the pricking as a means of finding the pinhole, but one has pre-pricked the pattern - could a person use whatever approach for both, or is it that the pinhole is hidden by a forest of pins... Laminating prickings... tried it a while back, but not happy. I placed one on the pillow, thought the threads would catch on the plastic edge. It is an idea to try though. Cheap invisible tape with a matte surface placed on the photocopied pattern works best for me, unless the pillow surface has gone cushy, then yes it would need a sturdier pricking...but then if I have a soft pillow, I would take pains to improve the surface. A layer of craft foam works a treat. For me, anyway - if used to sight-reading music, and touch-typing, pre-pricking to learn the pattern seems time-consuming when one could be doing the lace and pricking all of a go. It is nice we have choices :) -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
